GK questions asked in SSC 2015, with answers and explanations.
Iodine test is used to check the presence of
A dilute solution of iodine gives a deep blue-black colour with starch, which is a polysaccharide and therefore a carbohydrate.
Read the full explanation →The Magsaysay Award is given in the name of Ramon Magsaysay. He was the President of which country?
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is named after Ramon Magsaysay, the seventh President of the Philippines, who died in an air crash in 1957.
Read the full explanation →Where is the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which is now closed, located?
The Chernobyl nuclear power plant stands near the town of Pripyat in northern Ukraine, close to the border with Belarus, and was part of the Soviet Union when reactor number four exploded on 26 April 1986 in the worst nuclear accident in history.
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